A two-scale homogeneous dynamo. An extended analytical model and an experimental demonstration under development

Magnetohydrodynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-248

  Busse, F H ^a   Muller U ^b   Stieglitz, R ^b   Tilgner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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